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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? : a case study analysis

Balasubramanian, Sriram; Bounader, Lahcen; Bricco, Jana; … - 2021

Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...

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Income inequality and government transfers in Mexico

Lambert, Frederic; Park, Hyunmin - 2019

We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its sources, and investigate how it was affected by government social policy. We find evidence of only a small decline in inequality...

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Winning the war? : new evidence on the measurement and the determinants of poverty in the United States

Bergant, Katharina; Medici, Andrea; Weber, Anke - 2022

Using micro-data from household expenditure surveys, we document the evolution of consumption poverty in the United … poverty has not declined materially since the 1980s and even increased for the young. We then analyze which social and … economic factors help explain the extent of poverty in the U.S. using probit, tobit, and machine learning techniques. Our …

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Social programs and formal employment : evidence from the Brazilian Bolsa Família Program

Fruttero, Anna; Leichsenring, Alexandre Ribeiro; Paiva, … - 2020

Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create …

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Guaranteed minimum income schemes in Europe : landscape and design

Coady, David P.; Jahan, Samir; Matsumoto, Riki; Shang, … - 2021

countries, including how countries balance the primary objective of poverty alleviation against the desire to both manage the … employment incentives over the primary objective of poverty alleviation. Many countries can reduce this trade off by combining …

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Targeting Social Transfers to the Poor in Mexico

Coady, David - 2009

Mexico’s main social support program, Oportunidades, combines two methods to target cash to poor households: an initial self-selection by households who acquire knowledge about the program and apply for benefits, followed by an administrative determination of eligibility based on a means test....

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Burkina Faso : Policies to Protect the Poor From the Impact of Food and Energy Price Increases

Adenauer, Isabell - 2011

This paper assesses the effectiveness of policies taken by the Burkinabè authorities to protect the poor from the adverse impact of a combined food and oil price shock in 2008. Estimates of the impact based on household survey data and a price pass-through model suggest that these policies were...